About Crown Lift Trucks Ltd
Since its entry into the material handling industry in the 1960s, Crown Equipment Corporation has earned a reputation for exceptional product design, engineering and manufacturing of its award-winning line of electric lift trucks. From our smallest pallet truck to our highest lifting VNA truck, our goal is to always provide the user with the safest, most efficient and ergonomic forklift truck possible. Crown supports customers with a wide selection of electric forklift trucks ranging from pallet trucks to very narrow-aisle VNA trucks.
Our brand promise is:
“Crown designs, manufactures, distributes, services and supports material handling products that provide customers with superior value.”
Quality and performance are the foundation of Crown’s success. Since our inception, our company culture has always been about people performing and working as a team to ensure that quality is built into every forklift truck we make.
Crown’s headquarters, manufacturing facilities and network of branches offer diverse and challenging careers in a broad range of professional and vocational roles.
Job Description
As a National Contract Manager, you will be responsible for developing strategic relationships within existing clients. You will need to build and maintain these relationships, and those with end users, in order to gain an understanding of the client’s business and to maximise the development of new business and retention of existing revenues. You will be fully accountable for activity and results within your base.
We place emphasis on career stability and therefore look for an employment history that demonstrates this. You will be a self-starter and have a strong work ethic, high energy, drive and determination.
Person Specification
Essential Skills:
* Must have extensive experience of selling Warehouse Equipment / Lift Trucks.
* Good working knowledge of the industry, competitor products, features and specifications.
* Must have experience of new business prospecting using their own resources (70% of role with Crown) as opposed to just maintenance of current accounts.
* Fully understands all facets of business e.g. Marketing and Sales, Finance and Engineering.
* UK / EU Licence with minimal points actual or pending.
* Degree level education and/or demonstrate experience within Senior Sales.
* Strong background in Key Account relationship management essential.
Vacancy Details
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday – 37 hours per week, but may be more to fulfill the job requirements.
Target Salary: Competitive salary
Company Vehicle: Company car & fuel card; private mileage benefit subject to tax regulations.
Holidays: 25 days holiday.
Pension: Company pension plan.
At Crown, we know that our employees are the driving force behind our success in the material handling industry. We cultivate a culture of passionate people and inspired innovation. In fact, throughout Crown’s history, more than 1,000 employees have reached a 25-year milestone, and we are proud to have travelled their career paths with them.
From employee training and development to competitive compensation packages, we invest in our employees, knowing that people are always at the core of what moves us forward.
In addition to financial remuneration and participation, we offer our employees various social benefits including but not limited to:
* Company car plus fuel card – private use of company vehicle (subject to tax regulations)
* Company pension plan.
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Excellent discount scheme with access to the best perks from some of the UK’s biggest brands.
* Childcare voucher scheme.
* Employee assistance programme.
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